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Experimental data from the job training program first studied by LaLonde (1986)

lalonde.exp.Rd

A dataset of units in an experimental evaluation of a job training program. Subset to those units with two years of pre-treatment income data.

  • age - age in years.

  • education - number of years of schooling.

  • black - 1 if black, 0 otherwise.

  • hispanic - 1 if Hispanic, 0 otherwise.

  • married - 1 if married, 0 otherwise.

  • nodegree - 1 if no high school degree, 0 otherwise.

  • re74 - earnings ($) in 1974.

  • re75 - earnings ($) in 1975.

  • re78 - earnings ($) in 1978.

  • u74 - 1 if unemployed in 1974, 0 otherwise.

  • u75 - 1 if unemployed in 1975, 0 otherwise.

  • treat - 1 if treated, 0 otherwise.

Usage

data(lalonde.exp)

Format

A data frame with 445 rows and 12 variables

References

LaLonde, Robert J. (1986). Evaluating the Econometric Evaluations of Training Programs with Experimental Data. The American Economic Review, 76(4), 604--620.